EXAMINATION OF SILENT SHORT ANIMATION FILM

Cinema is attracting people from all over the world since 19th centuries as both an artistic way of thinking and producing and as an entertainment tool. Watching moveable images, especially during the beginning periods of cinema as silent, surprised spectator and spectator believed the images as they are the parts of real life. Today, cinema is improved with technological advances and transformed with today's conditions and magical screen of cinema is continuing to effect people. Silent, as an animation short film, has the story of beginning times of cinema by underlining its power. In Silent, two street performers or dancers found a magical box that tells the story of improvement of cinema to spectator. Moonbot Studios and Dolby's partnership developed the film and in 2014, Silent won Epica 2014 Animation Award on Advertisement as it is one of the most prestigious awards on advertisement in Europe. In this paper, Silent is analyzed due to its technical properties, technical staff and art directors. Moreover, general information is given about widely used animation techniques. As a researching method, descriptive survey and literature survey made and interviews with art directors and technical crew of the film were evaluated.